Chapter 435 Gwen, who are you?
Xius had heard about this matter. There were no extraordinary people in the secret society, and those who were secretly guarding him were all mortals. He was easily caught by his mother-in-law, who released him after asking about the situation.
After all, they didn't do anything bad or break the law, so Zeus just gave them a few warnings.
Hughes actually has a headache about this team.
A team that is loyal to oneself can play a big role in secret, especially in a place like Blood Harbor where all kinds of people mix. In fact, Zeus doesn't mind finding someone to do the dirty work.
But the bond that holds this team together is personal worship, or even religious worship that deifies him, which is very problematic.
Fanatical and irrational beliefs can easily bring about huge backlash. The more loyal you are now, the more thorough your rebellion will be in the future.
Therefore, Theus has been trying to weaken his divinity. He often walks in public, chatting with all kinds of people, making them realize that he is just an ordinary person, and guiding their worship and faith to knowledge.
Of course, one has to strike a balance here. Overly fanatical worship of technology will lead one back to the old path of the Fire Moth. This is why he wants to suppress the Crusaders' worship of technology.
Therefore, Zeus did not finally accept the faith of the secret order. Instead, he spent a lot of effort to explain so that the secret order would no longer believe in him on the surface.
That was enough. He had no intention of engaging in any mind control. What others thought was their own business. Hughes just needed to put the brakes on some thoughts.
Soon they arrived at the gathering point of the secret order, which was originally their hiding place, located in the slums of the lower city. Now all the simple shacks have been demolished and a magnificent church has been built.
Yes, the Secret Order also started to build churches, and the scriptures used were the previous version of Josh. Of course, many parts related to Seuss were deleted, and many other things were added.
In fact, Josh's opinion coincides with that of Zeus. Both the Secret Order and the Imperial Truth's sacred texts have added a large amount of basic knowledge and general education, weakening the weight of the religious part.
It's just that the religious part of the Imperial Truth is even smaller - so smaller that apart from the name of the church, there is almost nothing that a religion should have, and its status in Castel is closer to that of an academic organization.
Zeus was very open-minded. Since it was difficult to change the local people's beliefs in a short period of time, he might as well join them and build a more civilized religion for them to believe in.
Moreover, the Secret Order is now under Castel's direct management. Now Zeus' influence on Blood Harbor is even stronger than the prince's. At least the prince's executive orders are not as effective as the Secret Order's announcements in the lower city.
"Lord Hughes."
The believers nodded and greeted Hughes. He had been here many times and most people had seen him.
The secret meeting was very quiet at this time. The believers were taking their monthly exams. Several priests were standing in the room to supervise the exams, while a group of believers were scratching their heads with pens in their hands.
The system of the secret society was created by Josh, and Hughes did not interfere. However, Josh and the senior executives with him were all workers, so they had no idea how to set up a church.
But they had attended advanced classes, so they brought over that learning and assessment process.
Nowadays, believers of the secret society have monthly examinations and annual examinations. If you want to become a priest, there are strict requirements on the knowledge you have mastered, and you must take exams every time you advance.
This also leads to the fact that although the secret society has many casual believers, there are very few formal believers.
To become a formal believer, one must at least complete the literacy class, otherwise one will not be able to pass even the most basic exam - this is directly linked to the distribution of holy water.
The holy water of the secret order has also become an old tradition. The priest personally boils the holy water and distributes it to every believer.
Hughes had seen the distribution scene. The believers were clearly holding hot porridge in their hands, and it didn't seem very serious, but the scene was indeed somewhat sacred.
Perhaps this is the meaning of the church's existence.
"My Lord, you are here."
The believers of the Secret Order do not call Xiusi the Lord, but Josh does. Xiusi looked up and saw Josh coming over with a pile of papers.
"I came to see the progress on your side. How is the team you organized?"
If the Secret Order wants to gain a foothold in Blood Harbor, it naturally needs a certain amount of military force as a foundation. The Crusaders are a formal army and have no problem fighting external battles, but they are not suitable for dealing with public security issues.
They have a bit of excess firepower. If they were asked to clean out a cultist in Blood Harbor, they might cause more accidental casualties than the cultist itself.
The prince's port guards can certainly provide assistance, but Zeus still needs some teams to protect the factory. We can't just ask the Skitarii to come and set up heavy machine guns, right?
This is when the secret society comes into play.
They live in Blood Harbor and are familiar with the situation here, so they are just good enough to handle public security.
So Hughes brought a batch of weapons and armed them.
The weapon given to the Secret Order was a specially made short-barreled shotgun, which did not require much technical expertise. Richard had asked a few researchers from the Fire Moth to make it.
Low technical content does not mean that it is difficult to use. This weapon has considerable lethality at close range. By the way, this close range is only relative to rifles. In fact, its effective range is close to that of the Empire's muskets, which is about 80 meters.
The projectile fired is a lead bullet, designed by Hughes based on the size of a deer bullet. It has enough damage and stopping effect on people, and is definitely enough to maintain the law and order of Blood Harbor.
"This group of armed believers is still in the process of recruitment and training. By the way, Lord, please give them a name."
Xiu Si was at a loss for words. He was not good at naming things. "This is an internal matter of the Order. You decide. Um, what is this?"
"This is Gwen. As you can see, she is also a refugee from the North. Her family is gone, and she is now in the secret order. Come, Gwen, say hello to the lord—"
Xius looked down and met the eyes of a little girl with white hair.
She was short, looked to be in her teens, with a ruddy complexion, and looked at Xius with curious eyes.
"Hello, Boss."
"How can you call me boss? You can call me Lord Hughes or Lord Earl!" Josh tapped her head with the test paper, then turned to Hughes: "Don't look at her young age, Gwen's grades are very good, and she has studied several advanced courses!"
He raised his head proudly.
Hughes squatted down and looked at Gwen at eye level. His reflection was reflected in her pure white pupils.
"Hello, Miss Gwen."
Hughes stretched out his hand, and Gwen hesitated for a moment, then stretched out her hand and shook his.
The two hands were clasped together, and then separated after a moment. Xius stood up and used all his strength to control his expression, but his heart was filled with turmoil.
(End of this chapter)
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